FAIRFIELD THEATRE PICOTURES. " Charlie Chaplin in Easy Street," which is one of the leading films for to day, shows the comedian in his latest success, and his character as a police man creates a thousand laughs. "The feast of life," featuring Clara Kimball Young, and the serial " Crimson Stain," will also be shown, making up a good election programme. On Wednesday next- " The end of the Rainbow," the plot of which is laid in the redwood forests of California," and the Peg of the Ring serial will comprise the chief por tion of the programme.

ECONOMICAL JAM. " I.M." (Ivanhoe) has been recently experimenting with an economical jam recipe, which she obtained from a Scot tish paper, and she thinks that in view of the world scarcity of sugar the method niight be used with advantage by house wives everywhere. The recipe requires only half the quabtity of sugar generally used,'a little salt being added to improve the,keeping quality of the jam. The proportions used are :-For jam : 121b. of fruit, 61b' sugar, two tablespoonfuls of salt; and for jelly: 12 cups-of fruit juice, six cups of sugar, and two table spoonfuls of salt. In the case of the jelly the salt is added to the fruit before straining. Those who have tried it say that for immediate use the jam is fully no nnnaiina no intmm mnudA with thA full quantity of sugar, and some even prefer it to the usual jam. The salt flavor is only slightly perceptible, and makes the jam a little less sickly. If even a small proportion of the jam made were made according to this recipe i...

PITH AND POINT. A great display of autumn goods is now on view at Hattam and Hattam's. The Fairfield Progress Association will meet on Tuesday next. The Heidelberg Progress Society will meet on 'Monday evening. Captaiin-Chaplain S. L, Bucklecy, of Ivanhoe, was one of those on board the recenitly-torpedoed tmrausport. :Follow the crowd to Hattams for bar gains in drapery andhousehold coods. A meeting of Greensborough ratepay ers will be held on May 12 in connection with the park affairs. Tenders are called by the Shire Coun cil for work for the Country Roads Board and for fencing and sanitary work at Fairfield. At the Anzac service last Sabbath the Rev. Alex. Hardie said it was a matter of thankfulness to God that Sergeant Roy Fraser, who was on board the Bal larat, was safe. A meeting will be held in the Heidel .bprg Shire Huall on Tuesday evening for the punrpqs.e Rf discussing the best means of .organizing resource; ia connection with the British Red Cross Society. SMeisrs Stott a...

LIGHT DUTIES CAMP. Last Wednesday evening a large num ber of friends from Heidelberg assem bled in the splendid Red Cross Rest Home at the camp to give the soldiers a social evening. Over 150 men were pre sent and much enjoyed the artistic treat arranged by Miss Natalie Dawson, who was at the piano. The artists who as sisted her were Miiss B. Higginson, Miss .Tean Elliot, Miss E. de Laxe, and Mr Bram. Mr Bren Doyle, so well known in Mielbourne as an entertainer, took the chair, and kept all present highly amus ed with his stories, &amp;c. The supper, which was much appreciated by the men, was provided by the ladies, who consider it a great honor.to give our men a little social life and pleasure. The same eag erness to help is always in evidence with the gentlemen who provide cars to trans port the performers;and Mr Kingston, the indefatigable Y.M.C.*A. secretary, al so helped to make the evening the success it was.

TOPICS OF THE WEEK. UNIVERSITY DEGREES. The proceedings of tho recent annual commencement of the Melbourne Univer- sity were marked by a sad but impres- sive ceremony. After the usual degrees were conferred by the Chancellor, the names of four graduates, who had fallen while fighting for the Empire, were sub- mitted. Their military service was read out, while all stood, and the degrees to which they would have been entitled, formally conferred. Among these heroes was Walter Alan Leckie, son of the es- teemed Ivanhoe station master. Lieut. Leckie had passed the examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, and we sympathise with his sorrowing parents in their grief for one whose young life promised so much.

Diphtheria in F~airfield. At the rmeeting of the Fairfield Pro jiress Society on Tuesday evening, Cr. May drew attention to Ianother death in Fairfeld from diphtheria, and said the time had arrived when there should be some public protest against the health conditions that exist in the town. Peo ple are anxious about their children, and as neither the council nor the board of health have brought about an improve ment itfwas necessary for the people to intercede. Members gave instances of breeding grounds for disease, pointing out the ne cessity for a complete water supply. It was decided to call a public meet ing for Tuesday, MIay 22, to see what could be done.

RED CROSS DAY. hI order to make the ofEort on the 24th inst. worthy of dhq district, the committee ask the co-operation of all re sidents and ratepayers of the shire by sending along donations or gifts of jewel lery, food. clothing, furniture, smokers' requisites, pot plants, seedlings, or, in deed anything that will sell. Ors J. Coate, Fairfield, IC. H. Hannah, Al phington, F. S. Bryant, Ivanhoe, J. S. White, Greensborough, and R. P. Keem, Heidelberg, have been appointed to re ceive and acknowledge all donations and gifts sent on account of their respective districts.

OUR HONOR ROLL. (Contributed). IThe war ..has alrcady exacted a heavy toll of e-lcidelbcrg's young and promisiig manhfo6d,. and quite a gloom ?as agiii ca's't over the dis trict-: .on W:edonesday .morling, when it: became knowvnirthatlance-Corporal Norman A1 :Hardic,: only son of the .Rev. Alei .-Hai:i-'e: of Scots Church, had beeti lkilled iin' action in France. l:e cnliscted.;! :September, o19t, lot he heard :the ln giles of Englandtl call ing, anl i hciv could ihe stay ? Entcring the Royail Pa?i: I'caplinp he was ap pointed Qutrt ermaster-Sergeant, and after sis mionliths' :traiining sailed for Egypt, Atftek a short"stay, he re embarked, aid durin?g; tlie voyage, in the .Medliterri~eaiin, hilf, the company were selected :to go direct to France, cand the remainider tob' proceed to Eng laild ·far :furtlier traiifing. It fell to his lotto be clhosen for England, but he elected to go to the front, and ex change?d ictids. iith a comrade. Ily mnilitairy riile'lidh'e becaine a private i...

British lied Cross Movement MEETING AT SHIRE HALL. On -Tuesday evening last the Pre sideat of the Shire (Cr. Keam) call. ed a meeting of representatives of the various bodies engaged in patriotic work throughout the ishire to meet members of,, the '.Council to discuss the forthcoming effort to be made on behalf of the British Red Cross So ciety.- The .seating-.accommodation of the' Couihcil.l Chamber hardly suf ficed for thel goodly niumber of ladies and gentlemeni who wedre present. The President expressed his keen interest in -the movement about to be made, and .said he noted with ex treme pleasure, the. evident desire oi all sections and societies to work to gether to attain- the best possible re sults. .'The worthy object for which they. would be working, was deserving of .their .ve ryk .best individual and united efforts,- and he gave his as surance that;, whatever co operatior aihd support it was q?ossible for the Council to furnish would be givec with the utmost. alacrity and...

PROPOSED TRAMWAY. At last week's meeting of the North cote council a letter was read from the S1hire of Heidelberg asking for a confer ence to discuss the question of connect ing the two. municipalities by means of a tramway. Cr Bastings thought it would be wise to meet Heidelberg. The Mayor said that Heidelberg wants a tram along Station-street. Or Redmond That's no good to us; we are here to look after the interests of Northcote, not Hei delberg; we want Darebin rohd made and a tram along it to High-street.--It was decided to meet in conference.

BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL. The Fairfield Baptist Sunday School has achieved a splendid result in connec tion with the Austin Hospital, having raised and forwarded theprincely sum of £9/5/3 for that institution. The secre tary of the hospital, Mi- W. J. G. Tur ner, in acknowledging the amount, paid a very high tribute to the school, and said that it was "the largestindividual sum obtained by the hospital from any Sunday School during the past twelve months."

[RAIN FALL. Mir W.\r F. Cascy, of the Ivanhoe State school, fornvards the record- of rainfall, rhowiig that 59 . poiilts have fallen for week ciiding .9 a.m. on May lth, making at total of.749 points since the 1st o J-uUaiiry. Rligdion wiould no'hL've enemies if it weire nt n ienomy to its;Vices.